The Men Who Built America

Overview

Influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen. The Men Who Built America is the story of a nation at the crossroads and of the people who catapulted it to prosperity.

Roughly 8h to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 4 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 120 minutes.

Trailer

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Series cast and crew

• T

  Tim GetmanJohn D. Rockefeller
  4 episodes

• 

  Michael ChmielWilliam Vanderbilt
  4 episodes

• D

  David DonahoeCornelius Vanderbilt
  4 episodes

• R

  Ray ReynoldsJ.P. Morgan (The Elder)
  4 episodes

• E

  Eric RollandJ.P Morgan (The Younger)
  4 episodes

• A

  Adam Jonas SegallerAndrew Carnegie (The Elder)
  4 episodes

• 

  AJ AchingerAndrew Carnegie (The Younger)
  4 episodes

• 

  Alex FalbergNikola Tesla
  4 episodes

• C

  Cary DonaldsonHenry Ford
  4 episodes

• 

  Einar GunnGeorge Westinghouse
  4 episodes

• J

  James KiddWilliam Jennings Bryan
  4 episodes

• K

  Kenneth CavettJim Fisk
  4 episodes

• C

  Cameron McNaryJay Gould
  4 episodes

• J

  Joseph WiegandTheodore Roosevelt
  4 episodes

• 

  Justin MorckThomas Edison
  4 episodes

• 

  John C. BaileyHenry Clay Frick
  4 episodes

• D

  Daniel OdellPresident William McKinley
  4 episodes

• 

  Daniel Martin BerkeyJunius Morgan
  4 episodes

Network

History

Seasons and episodes

• Season 12012 · 4 episodes